16 Photos Of What Voting In Ghana Looks Like
7th December 2016
On this day, our thumbs are louder than our mouths.
1. It starts with the long queues.
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Inline to vote, #GhElections
">https://twitter.com/BraBoat/status/806486290631954432" data-datetime="2016-12-07T13:11:30+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"> — (@BraBoat) ">2. And here.
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Voting underway currently at the Manet Estates #GhanaDecides#GhElections
">https://twitter.com/Owula_Kpakpo/status/806486130610860032" data-datetime="2016-12-07T13:10:51+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"> — (@Owula_Kpakpo) ">3. The queues can get very long, so people use objects to mark their positions and later comeback when the poll opens.
4. The visually impaired is usually guided by a representative of the Electoral commission of Ghana.
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A visually impaired man being taken through the process of voting. #GHElections
">https://twitter.com/nathan_quao/status/806488987510702080" data-datetime="2016-12-07T13:22:13+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"> — (@nathan_quao) ">5. Ghanaians do not take our voting lightly so this is usually how high trafficked streets looks like on voting day.
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Earlier today, Agbogba- Ashongman road #GhElections#ElectionsDeyPap
">https://twitter.com/iyam_d_ansa/status/806483819335479296" data-datetime="2016-12-07T13:01:40+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"> — (@iyam_d_ansa) ">6. Yes, this is Adum, Kumasi on a week day.
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Kumasi Adum is almost dead. #GhElections
">https://twitter.com/KojoAB/status/806473479562428416" data-datetime="2016-12-07T12:20:35+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"> — (@KojoAB) ">7. Adum is one the busiest business districts in the country.
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An empty Adum.... #GhElections
">https://twitter.com/LaurettaTimah/status/806472500729282560" data-datetime="2016-12-07T12:16:42+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"> — (@LaurettaTimah) ">8. We use the indelible ink to indicate our choice.
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PhotoNews: Ghana's uses innovative biometric voter authentication machines #ghanaelections #GhanaDecides
">https://twitter.com/ElectionNetwork/status/806494365866721281" data-datetime="2016-12-07T13:43:35+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"> — (@ElectionNetwork) ">9. So our fingers look like this after voting.
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University of cape coast is very calm....Election 2016 has brought more alumni to UCC than UCC @50 did. #GhElections
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10. And here.
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Done! #GhanaDecides #GhElections
">https://twitter.com/nana_kd/status/806480913509089280" data-datetime="2016-12-07T12:50:08+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"> — (@nana_kd) ">11. Sometimes the pink ink turns dark.
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Just voted but why's the ink on my finger dark? #IVoteNana#GhElections
">https://twitter.com/b_otabil/status/806473669002358788" data-datetime="2016-12-07T12:21:20+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"> — (@b_otabil) ">12. When we get tired after being in long queues all day, the Waakye sellers come to our rescue.
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#WaakeWednesday on a day #GhanaDecides after watching #EIBElectionHUB. Had some wonderful #waakye during #ghelections, ebe #electioncommand.
">https://twitter.com/Abocco/status/806481858036961283" data-datetime="2016-12-07T12:53:53+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"> — (@Abocco) ">13. The presidential ballot looks like this.
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Voting now moving along smoothly after initial signs of confusion #GHelections #ghanadecides st Elizabeth school . West legon
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@ameyaw112 @Citi973 #GhElections
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14. And the ballot box looks like this.
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Chairman Afoko voting. Wondering who he might be voting for.@benkoku @kwakudgh @KojoAB #GhElections
">https://twitter.com/pakashassan/status/806465876576923648" data-datetime="2016-12-07T11:50:23+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"> · Tema, Ghana — (@pakashassan) · Tema, Ghana ">15. The elderly are not left behind.
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Elderly #ghanaelections #GhanaDecides #iVoted #GhElections#Accra #AccraConnect
">https://twitter.com/accraconnectgh/status/806469652863979520" data-datetime="2016-12-07T12:05:23+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"> — (@accraconnectgh) ">16. Since major activities grinds to a halt, most of us just spend the day like this.
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Election Day, no work, time to sleep. Wake me up at 4:00pm. Thanks. #GhElections #ElectionHQ #ElectionCommand#EIBElectionHUB
">https://twitter.com/LarryTefuttor/status/806464829099753473" data-datetime="2016-12-07T11:46:13+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp"> — (@LarryTefuttor) ">16. A typical polling station set-up.
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Voting ongoing at the UCC Auditorium b Polling Station in the Cape Coast North Constituency, Central Region. #GhElections
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